Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 414-429

  Swartz, Teresa Toguchi ^a   Kim, Minzee ^a   Uno, Mayumi ^a   Mortimer, Jeylan ^a   O'Brien, Kirsten Bengtson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family relations; Intergenerational transfers; Longitudinal; Parent child relations; Social support; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952522849     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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